Bill Gates fights malaria

The former head of the empire Microsoft, which retired in the company to focus on charitable projects, to continue the war against malaria. Through its charitable foundation, Gates sends another $ 100,000 in grants to researchers leading the search for new ways to treat this dangerous disease that is particularly prevalent in the poorest countries of Africa and Asia.

One of the main ideas of the researchers is to use an ordinary gum malarial detectors for inclusion in saliva. Thus, to assay for malaria   people do not even need to take blood. Samples of saliva using the gum is easy to obtain, it is absolutely painless and even enjoyable process, which also does not require expensive equipment. Of course, first of all, this new analysis will be used on children.

Less moment of this technique is that the lights   malaria in saliva is not so pronounced as in the blood. The author of the method is the MD Andrew Fung of UC. Fang uses the money   Bill Gates To continue to develop.

A scientist Stephen Marantz of Weill Cornell Medical College will receive funds for the development of their research on the impact of malaria parasites ... chocolate. Chocolate - this is a very promising substance for researchers malaria Because it binds to cholesterol in the body, and outputs it outside. Meanwhile, the malaria parasite feeds on fat in the blood, and if it does not, the parasite will just die of hunger.

Marantz expects to almost completely eliminate the parasite, leaving only some of it in the blood of children that it developed an immunity to the disease. Scientists have studied the various components, but opted for the chocolate.

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